South Carolina 5th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

RWes Climer
$1.13M
DMallory Dittmer
$227K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Wes Climer	R	$1,132,484	$0	$0	0%
Mallory Dittmer	D	$226,553	$0	$0	15%

$1.36M

Raised by candidates

$1.01M

Spent by candidates

Outside spending

0 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Wes Climer (R)	$1.13M^†	$643K	$236K	0%	73%	$863K^†	436
Mallory Dittmer (D)	$227K^†	$136K	$100	15%	90%	$147K^†	160

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.Provisional

No independent expenditures reported in this race yet.

Candidates

Wes Climer

R Republican

Raised: $1.13M
Small-dollar: 0%
In-state: 73%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Backed byAIPAC

Mallory Dittmer

D Democrat

Raised: $227K
Small-dollar: 15%
In-state: 90%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.